An NVIDIA staffer said that the nvidia-173 drivers are being updated for X.org 1.9 here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2325872&postcount=2 -- ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 drivers in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626974 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs